Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

W. HESTON & J. M. AKERS.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

Patented Aug. '7

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM HESTON AND JOHN M. AKERS, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,232, dated August 7, 1888. Application filed January 5,1888. Serial No. 259,914. (No model.)

([0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM HESTON and JOHN M. AKERs, citizens of the United States, and residents of Alliance, county of Stark, State ot'Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers,of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in bottle-stoppers, and particularly to that class of stoppers which are permanently secured to the neck of the bottle, and in providing an inexpensive method of renewal.

\Vith these ends in view this invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set l'orth in the claim.

Figure l is a side elevation of the neck of a bottle with our improvements applied, showing the bottle closed. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the lever thrown up and bottle open. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing the stopper in closed position. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a lever-blank. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the lever complete. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of an elastic packing, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of a cork-washer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures ofthe drawings.

In the said drawings, A designates the neck of the bottle. The stopper fastener consists of a body portion. B, formed of brass or steel springwire of such size as will be required. The said wire is bent to embrace more than half of the periphery of the neck, then coiled vertically on each side, as shown at M,to form a spring, thence extending backwardly along the sides oi" the neck to points diametrically opposite each other-,or thereabouts, and having its ends turned to form eyes, as shown at E, into which the ends of the bail G are pivotally secured. The body and spring portion is secured to the neck of the bottle, as shown, by the use of a piece of annealed wire, R, by which the body part B is drawn close to the neck of the bottle and the ends of the wire R are twisted together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To the said bail G the stopper-cap H is pivotally secured, as shown, by the lever J. The said lever is made of cast malleable metahone end of which serves as a handle, the other end being provided with lips a a to clasp the bail G, and fingers b to grasp the loop d,

which is secured to the head H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Thus through the lever and the bail the stopper is pivotally secured to the bottle.

The stopper-head H is in the form of a shallow cup, made of any suitable metal, and fitting loosely over the mouth of the bottle, in which is placed an elastic ring, K,which may be made of rubber or any suitable elastic material, on the outside of which is placed a cork washer, L. Said washer is cut from cork veneer, and can be produced at a very low initial cost as compared with former methods.

The length of the bail should be adjusted to allow the head H to just clear the mouth of the bottle when the spring-arm N is at the lowest point of its vertical movement and the lever turned up, as shown in Fig. 2, and to perfectly seal the bottle when turned down, as shown in Fig. 1, the energy of the spring is exerted continuously downward, holding the cork washer hard against the mouth of the bottle.

As a further provision of elasticity, and to provide means of adjustment for any unevenness or hard spots in the cork washers, an elastic ring or mat, K, is placed in the cap H, as shown. the cork resting on the mouth ofthe bottle and the elastic ring or mat between the cork and the top of the cap H.

The cork washers may be renewed from time to time,or at each filling of the bottle. Thus apure and effective stopper may be pro duced at a greatly-reduced cost.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bottle stopper, the combination, with the bail and the cap, of an operating-lever forming a connection between the bail and the cap, the said lever being provided with two pairs of malleable-metal jaws extending in opposite directions from it's head and closed around the bail, and a loop on the cap, respectively, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of December, A. D. 1887.

\VILLIA M HESTON. JOHN M. AKERS.

Witnesses:

P. 0. SMITH, D. T. LUML Y.

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